Recipes

Lardy Cake

4th August 2022 Going Postal 0

Ingredients 1lb / 450g of Strong Bread Flour 1 tablespoon of Lard 3 teaspoons of Dried Active Yeast 1 teaspoon Salt 1/2 a cup of Superfine / Castor Sugar 11 fl oz / 300ml of [more…]

Stewed apple(s) – Cooking for numpties and the terminally depressed

11th July 2022 Going Postal 0

You need: One apple, even one that’s sligtly bruised, or more than one apple if you’re flush.. Do not accept apples from passing strangers, especially if they’re old women with warts. I cannae be held [more…]

Chicken Tagine

17th June 2022 Philthetestmanager 0

I tried this the other day following a recipe I found but tweaked it a bit. The chicken needs to marinate in the fridge for at least one hour, and there is some preparation, requiring [more…]

Cooking for numpties and the terminally depressed

11th May 2022 Going Postal 0

This can be cooked with fresh ingredients or cupboard staples. You need: Some butter beans (a tin or dried beans previously soaked overnight and then cooked) Tomatoes (fresh ones or a tin) Garlic: 2 cloves [more…]

Stroganoff

14th March 2022 well_chuffed 0

I did promise an article on Beef Stroganoff and it is time I delivered. You are of course all aware that all these delicious sauces prepared by a long list of famous chefs were only [more…]

Leek and Chicken Flan

7th March 2022 Going Postal 0

(I decided to share this recipe as AI Junior is giving me nightmares) Ingredients: For the cheese pastry: 6 oz white rye flour (spelt can be used) 3 oz butter 2 oz cheddar cheese grated [more…]

Easy Chocolate Brownies

28th February 2022 Going Postal 0

Ingredients 3oz flour (I use buckwheat flour) 8oz butter 5oz dark brown sugar 4oz ground almonds (you can use 1 oz ground almonds and 3oz chopped hazlenuts) 2oz good quality cocoa powder (ie Green and [more…]

Jack Daniels BBQ sauce – TGIF style

21st February 2022 well_chuffed 0

Anyone who has ever eaten at TGIF may have tasted their BBQ sauces. The smoky one is not good but the Jack Daniels one is to die for. When the wife was training as a [more…]

German Potato Salad

16th February 2022 well_chuffed 0

In general I am not in favour of things Teutonic though some of their ladies are rather tasty plus the average German man is little short of a pig so if you can be semi [more…]